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P: A. SMITH, Jr.

COMBINED NEEDLE AND CORD. No. 380,773. Patented Apr. 10, 1888;

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANKLIN A. SMITH, JR, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

COM BINED NEEDLE AND CORD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,773, dated April10, 1888.

Application filed May 20, 1887. Serial No. 238,821. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN A. SMITH, J r., a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State ofRhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aCombined Needle and 00rd; and I do declare the follow- 1ng to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled 1n the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to thelettersand figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

This invention relates to a new and improved needle permanently securedto a cord or ligature, by means of which two or more arholes may besecured together, as by sewing, the object being to provide a needlewhich shall puncture material easily and present the least possiblefriction in passing through the same, and also to form a hole insaidmaterial, through which the cord or ligature attached to the needle maybe easily drawn.

To this end my improvementconsists, essentially, of a one-piece needlemade from a sheetmetal strip bent toform a cylindrical tube or envelope,one end of which completely encircles the free end of a cord orligature, being swaged or compressed upon the same, the edges of thetube or envelope being brought together and inturned and embedded intosaid cord or ligature to securely retain it thereon, the opposite end ofsaid tube or envelope .being cut away diagonally at one side andflattened and sharpened to form a puncturingpoint, (being broader at apoint immediately behind the said end than the diameter of the remainderof the needle and the 00rd,) all as will be hereinafter more fullydescribed, and pointed out in the claim.

Figure 1 represents a perspectiveplan view of the needle having aportion of the cord or ligature attached. Fig. 2 is a side View of thesame. Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the end of the cord or ligaturelying in the needle-strip prior to being secured therein. Fig. 4 is across-sectional view of the same. Fig.

5 is a cross-sectional view of the needle taken through line or x ofFig. 2. Fig. 6 is a similar cross-sectional view, showing the edges ofthe needle-strip brought together and inturned and embedded into thecord or ligature.

In carrying out my improvement the needle A is made from a strip of thinpliable sheet metal first bent intoa U shape, as shown in cross-sectionin Fig. 4. The free end of a cord or ligature, B, is then laid in saidstrip, occupying about one-half the length thereof, as shown in Fig. 3.The edges of the strip are then brought together by bending and swaging,completely encircling said cord or ligature, and clamping or compressingsaid strip securely thereon, the edges meeting, forming a cylindricaltube or envelope upon the end of the cord or ligature, as shown in Figs.2 and 5 of the drawings. The opposite end of the tube is then sheared orshaved diagonally toward the free end cutting away and removing aportion of one side of said tube, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2.The end is then ground or sharpened to form a penetrating-point. Theangled portions act back of the point are then flattened and broadened,making it wider than the diameter of the opposite end of the needle, asfully shown in Fig. 1.

For the purpose of additional security in clamping the needle to thecordor ligature, the edges 0 c of the metal strip'upon being broughttogether are inturned and embedded into said cord or ligature during theoperation of compressing the stripthereon, as shown in cross-section inFig. 6. This willefiiectually prevent the cord or ligature from beingdrawn out of the needle when employed on a fabric which offers a greatamount of resistance on 7 being drawn through.

The lower surface of the needle is in a continuous plane, the diagonalout being made on one side only. The edges of the cut-away portion beingsharpened by flattening form a peculiar-shaped point which willeasilypuncture any thickness of material, and being larger than the diameterof the shank of the needle and the cord said cord is easily drawnthrough the hole thus punctured. The needle and cord or ligature aremade of a proper diameter, according to the uses to which they may bedesigned to be employed.

Having described my inventiornl claim- In combination with a cord orligature, a

one-piece sheet-metal needle consisting of a I ligature, and sharpenedto form a penetrating cylindrical tube the edges of one end of whichend, substantially as herein set forth. IO are brought together andinturned and embed- In testimony whereof I affix my signature in dedinto said cord to securely attach the neel the presence of twowitnesses.

dle thereto, the opposite end of said needle l FRANKLIN A. SMITH, JR.

being angled and broader at a point immedi- Witnesses: ately behind thesaid end than the diameter of CHARLES GREENE, the remainder of saidneedle and the cord or E. FISHER.

